Comet XK655 arrival Strathallan 1974

Thanks for the newspaper cuttings Mothminor. I liked the “caught in a down-draught” and, “It won’t take much repairing”. 

I had not realised before seeing the film clips that the undercarriage was totally ripped off! Quite a down-draught!

Laurence

Hi Longshot, I’ve put a newspaper report of the landing below (hopefully it’s readable. Please excuse the old tape marks!). As TonyT says the “stony ground” was, I think, part of a buried wall. Iirc, there was also a mention that the ever-present rabbits may have been at work in that area. Whatever the cause, the situation was very well handled with the pilot managing to avoid the hangar to the right and a house to the left of the narrow runway.

Laurence, thanks for the link to your webpage. It makes very interesting reading 🙂

Landing on grass and the starboard right leg dug in??

Thanks Mothminor. I’ve not seen those clips before. Last time I was at Al Mahatta the nose was still a major attraction. I note that in the comment under the youtube post it states that the nose is at Sharjah International Airport. The Al Mahatta Museum is in fact on the site of the old RAF Sharjah, now in the middle of town. https://sites.google.com/site/lgarey/rafsharjah%2Calmahattamuseum

Laurence

That was the buried wall if I remember correctly, knew a guy in it, the abandon ship was given and they were already doing it.